Tenement vs Turret - What's the difference?
tenement | turret |
a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one
(legal) any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned
(figurative) Dwelling; abode; habitation.
* John Locke
(label) a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle
a siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries
(label) an armoured, rotating gun installation, on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle
(label) the elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation
(label) a tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes)
As nouns the difference between tenement and turret
is that tenement is a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one while turret is (label) a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.tenement
English
Noun
(en noun)- Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement , unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?
